Clasp



(No Model.)

v A. PERRY.

GLASP.

No. 337,862. Patented Mar. 16. 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO AUSTIN PERRY, OF FLORENCE, KANSAS;

CLASP.

SPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,862, dated March 16. 1886.

Application filed August 6, 1885.

To all whom 7225 may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Florence, in the county of Marion and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

The invention relatos to means for hanging up pans, pails, washboilers, sauce-pans, stone pots, skillets, and other kitchen utensils. Hitherto some have been hung on nails, books, and similar devices, while others have been kept in boxes, on benches, or upon shelves.

The object of my invention is to furnish the public with a clasp upon which any of these utensils may be hung up, so as to be out of the way, while it will no longer be necessary to disfigure walls with nails and analogous devices.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation showing the peculiar form of any clasp. Fig. 2 is a front view showing an article with a loop or hole and suspended in the ordinary way. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing an article without any means of being hung up on a nail or hook. Fig. 4 shows an article held in an upward position, when so desired. In the drawings, A represents my clasp,

Serial No. 173,76. (No model.)

made, preferably, but not necessarily, of flat plate metal, and provided with one or more holes, a, by which it may be screwed or otherwise secured to asupport. It is bent at a, a a a, and a the bend or lip a" being carried some distance beyond the bend or lip a By this construction I make a cavity, a, which allows the edge of an article to first descend and then ascend, so that the parts a a will obtain a firm grip upon it, while the weight of the article will be thrown so as to insure the necessary friction.

If the article has a loop handle or hole, it may be suspended as from a book or nail, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings; but if it has neither of these it may be held as shown in Figs. 3 or 4 of the drawings. Thus it will be perceived that my clasp permits all utensils to be hung up, so as to present a tidy aspect in the kitchen.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The described kitchen-utensil clasp formed of a metallic plate, bent, as described, at a a a a" a the bend a being carried beyond the bend a to form the cavity a, and provided with the attaching-shank A, as shown and de scribed.

AUSTIN PERRY.

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C. M. SANGER, J ULIUS MER0ET. 

